Hotel occupancy rates in Edinburgh during festival month were an impressive 91.5 per cent.

This bucked the trend in Scotland and nationally, according to research from accountants PKF.

In Scotland occupancy in August was down 0.2 per cent on July, and down 1.6 per cent across the UK.

Despite drooping occupancy, Scottish hotels still got a rise in room yield - the measure of revenue per available room. Room yield was up 6.8 per cent in Scotland, driven largely by a 10.8 per cent rise for Aberdeen hotels.

In Glasgow and Edinburgh, rooms yield grew 8.1 per cent and 6.5 per cent respectively while occupancy rates fell by one per cent to 87.7 per cent in Glasgow.

The year to date figures show the increase in Scotland's rooms yield running at more than twice that of the rest of the UK at 7.3 per cent, compared to 3.5 per cent.

"The continued success of Scottish hotels indicates that this is likely to be a record year for the hospitality sector," says Alastair Rae, hospitality and leisure sector partner at PKF.

"With occupancy levels of 91.5 per cent it is clear that the Edinburgh festivals in August continue to bring in the crowds while Aberdeen's hotels also continue to thrive - year to date figures for rooms yield are up 15 per cent - indicating that the oil and gas sector continues to play its part in bolstering the North East's economy. Glasgow's hotels had a slight fall in occupancy in August, perhaps indicating that a lot of the city's hospitality is more business oriented and therefore it falls slightly during the peak holiday period.